PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX ACT 1987 (No 143 of 1987) (REPEALED)

SECTION 1  

1   SHORT TITLE  
This Act may be cited as the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Act 1987.

SECTION 2  

2   COMMENCEMENT  
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 comes into operation.

SECTION 3  

3   INCORPORATION  
The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 is incorporated and shall be read as one with this Act.

SECTION 4  

4   IMPOSITION OF TAX  
Tax is imposed in respect of the taxable profit of a person of a year of tax in relation to a petroleum project.

SECTION 5  

5   RATE OF TAX  
The rate of tax in respect of the taxable profit of a person of a year of tax in relation to a petroleum project is 40%.